Day: May 18, 2022

When Lex Nicoleta described her personal style as “somewhere between a character in ‘The Matrix’ and a coastal grandmother” on TikTok earlier this year, she started something much more powerful than a viral trend or an internet aesthetic. She awoke something in people across the world, who deeply identified with or aspired to the turtleneck-wearing, vacation home-dwelling lifestyles of the older female protagonists of films like “Something’s Gotta Give,” “It’s Complicated,” “Under the Tuscan Sun” and “Nights in Rodanthe.” (This was only fueled by the fact that the first on that list started streaming on Netflix in April.) (Also, while we’re here, justice for Dr. Keanu Reeves.)

In the few months since, Nicoleta has grown to become the Internet’s go-to source on all things “coastal grandmother,” sharing her favorite source material and thoughts on how to achieve that lifestyle. Meanwhile, the persona has outgrown a single platform: It’s been

It’s an undeniably apparent fact: what we’ve all been seeing lately is the same banal, oversized T-shirt and trouser combo that has been replicated time and time again by everyone and anyone. You could take a walk down the street while simply strolling—be it while you’re shopping or even while you’re sipping your perfectly brewed cup of coffee at a cafe somewhere in the city and you’ll see what we mean.

We understand why the effects of the pandemic have caused us to reach out to more comfortable clothing pieces like the graphic and logomania tees paired with trousers, joggers or even shorts. This, however, is an overdone thing of the past. As every Instagram and TikTok fashion connoisseur knows, the key to standing out is in the incorporation of elevated items that are simple